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Shisha, electronic cigarettes not safe — FDA

The Chief Executive Officer of the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA), Mrs Delese Mimi Darko, says there is no proof that smoking of water-pipe tobacco, commonly called shisha, and electronic cigarettes are safer compared to the regular cigarette sticks.

Ghana marks World No Tobacco Day - Ghanaian Times

Ghana marks ‘World No Tobacco Day’ June 1, 2021 Ghana yesterday joined the rest of the world to commemorate this year’s.World No Tobacco Day. at Nsawam in the Eastern Region with a call on the public to quit smoking. The programme, which was on the theme ‘Commit to quit’, was attended by representatives of the World HealthOrganisation(WHO), Ghana Health Service (GHS), market leaders and members of transport unions and National Union of Ghana Students, among other categories of people. The Minister of Health, MrKwakuAgyeman-Manu, in a speech read on his behalf by his Chief Director, Mr KwabenaBoadu Oku-Afari, said tobacco had  devastating effects on the respiratory system, which increases the incidence of respiratory and cardiovascular diseases; cancer, diabetes and other non-communicable diseases, and put people with these conditions at higher risk of  developing severe illness when affected by Coronavirus disease (COVID-19).

Commemoration of World No Tobacco Day: Smokers urged to seek counselling

Graphic Online BY: News Desk Report 705 As part of activities to commemorate this year’s World No Tobacco Day today, the Food and Drugs Authority (FDA) has urged tobacco users to seek counselling by patronising available cessation service centres nationwide to help them quit the habit. The Chief Executive Officer of the FDA, Mrs Delese Mimi Darko, said the authority had taken a keen interest in helping tobacco users by referring them to such centres. The centres include the Addictive Disease centres at the Korle Bu Teaching Hospital, the Accra Psychiatric Hospital, the Pantang Psychiatric Hospital, the Ankaful Psychiatric Hospital and the Valley View Clinic, all in Greater Accra; the Adom Clinic and the Komfo Anokye Teaching Hospital  in Kumasi and the Sunyani and the Ho Regional hospitals.

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